How to Eliminate Unnecessary Occlusal Splint Adjustments

By Doug Willison, Senior Outside Sales Representative, Great Lakes Orthodontics, Ltd. When having conversations with customers or perspective clients who are frustrated with the amount of chair-side adjustment required to […]
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Creative Dental Treatment Planning

One thing that becomes quickly apparent, when seeing many patients with unusual and difficult histories, is how often we must make decisions, based on scientifically based logic, when textbook answers […]
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The Reasons Why Dentistry Fails

Download this illustration of Dr. Peter Dawson’s “Reasons Why Dentistry Fails.” This picture representation outlines the 10 factors of occlusion that can be the source of success or failure in […]
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Dentist Education: Do you see CR=CO in nature?

Question: Do you see CR=CO in nature? Dr. Peter Dawson: Let’s 1st clarify that your use of the term CO is obsolete.CO Refers to the 1st occlusal contact in centric […]
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Doppler Auscultation in Dental Treatment Planning

One of our most important decisions in our dental treatment planning process is the treatment position of the TMJ. An easy and effective adjunctive screening tool for TMJ Health is […]
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How to Explain Bruxism to Patients

Explaining signs, symptoms, and treatments to patients can sometimes be challenging. It can become especially challenging when using dental terminology that your patients may not be familiar with. In our […]
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Introducing Patients to Dental Occlusion

Introducing patients to the concept of dental occlusion and complete care can, at first, seem like a daunting task to many. Dr. DeWitt Wilkerson discusses the following points essential to […]
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Dental Education: Responses from Dr. Peter Dawson

With the release of Dr. Dawson’s latest whitepaper, “Why Front Teeth Don’t Hit First in Centric Relation,” we have received quite a few responses and questions. The following are the […]
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Dental Education: Why Front Teeth Don’t Hit 1st in CR

There seems to be some confusion in a number of dentists understanding about contacts on anterior teeth. This is such an important topic; I thought I should clarify the position […]
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Comprehensive Metal-Free System That’s Scientifically Proven

By George W. Tysowsky, DDS, MPH Dentists and laboratory technicians often have been challenged to combine incompatible materials like metal with metal-ceramic or zirconia with zirconia layering ceramic in a […]
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